QTL architecture of reproductive fitness characters in Brassica rapa

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dechaine, Jennifer M ^a   Brock, Marcus T ^b   Weinig, Cynthia ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Fitness components; Life history traits; Phenotypic plasticity; Transgenerational effects; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

BRASSICA; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84899137538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-66     Document Type: Article

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